I'm having a crisis of confidence. Having completed the weekend Herald cryptic crossword two weeks in a row I began to get cocky. I thought I was invincible. I was walking down the street with a new-found swagger which said to the public, "Look at me, go on - look at me. Ask me anything. I'm a cryptic crossword mastermind I am."
My comeuppance was not long coming. This weekend I could only complete half of the crossword (I know it was half because I counted). And today's is going even worse. What is happening to me?
Mind you, I've entered the prize crossword competition three times now, and haven't won the Macquarie Dictionary. What are the chances of that happening?